I grew up in France and the USA, and went to university in England, so consider myself quite the cosmopolitan internationalist. I have always had a very international friend circle and have always been curious about learning more about different cultures!
I have been living in Mexico City for the last six months, and now I am travelling through South America before returning to Europe in September.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel in a meaningful way, through meaningful encounters with interesting and generous people. Because that shiver I get everytime a perfect stranger reaches out in a moment of perfect kindness and generosity never gets old.

Interests

Urban exploring, food&coffee, literature, indie cinema

Although I'm very sociable and love to go out, I would rather go to a cosy, intimate night of live music, or spend an evening around a bonfire at the beach any day over a crazy night of clubbing.

I am also an avid hiker and mountaineerer (climbed my first glacier last summer, which I hope will be the beginning of a long series) My dream is to go hiking along the Andes mountains in Chile!

• literature
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• clubbing
• music
• live music
• hiking
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Old school Hip-hop; Balkan Beats; Indie Rock; Soul; Jazz; Musica Popular Brasileira

The three movies we'd bring with us to a deserted island: Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, The Salt of the Earth (based on the life of the Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado)

A few faves:

-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (mind-blown, couldn't put it down)
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- Kaboul Disco by Nicolas Wilde, an awesome graphic novel about the author's time working in an ad-agency in Afghanistan
- The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began by Stephen Greenblatt
- A Boire et a Manger by Guillaume Long - my absolute cooking guide (in comic book format!)

My favourite authors are Vladimir Nabokov, Hilary Mantel and Marlon James. Ask me more about them :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- moved to Mexico City on a whim (and thrived and adored every second of it)
- worked with refugees in Paris
- tried to be there time and time again for my friends and loved ones whenever I could, a feat in itself when society makes it so difficult for you to take time off to care for others. Love and compassion are highly under-rated in today's society.

Teach, Learn, Share

French, cooking, music

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good listener, a keener joker and a generous cook :) (French girls make killer quiche!!)
I also have taught French and English to people of all ages, from all over the world for the past 10 years. My pedagogical skills have been tried and tested!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States